Jacob philippi



(No Model.) J. PHILIPPI.

- LAMP EXTI'NGUISHER.

No. 340,457. I Patented'Apr. .20, 1 886.

WITNESSES: IN'VENTOR: 647M. j

ATTORNEYS;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAooB PHILIFPI, or NEWVYOVRK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES M. LAM- LINE,KAUFMANN KAUFMANN, AND ISAIAH KAUFMANN, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP-EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,457, dated April20, 1886.

Application filed September 29, I885. Serial No. 178,544. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB PHILIPPI, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Extinguishersfor Lamps,of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of one of my im proved extinguishers for lamps,shown as applied to a lamp burner, the cone being removed. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same, and showing the cone in sectional elevation.Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the extinguisher detached. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the same.

The object of this invention is to improve 29 the construction of theextinguishers for lamps for which Letters Patent N 0. 309,398 wereissued December 16, 1884, in such a manner as to make them moreconvenient in use and. more reliable in operation.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of variousparts of the extinguisher, as will be hereinafter fully described, andthen pointed out in the claim.

A represents a lamp-burner, of which B is 0 the cone and O is thewick-tube.

D is'a plate, the ends of which are bent forward to form clasps E, whichpass around the side edges of the wick-tube C, so as to secure the saidplate to the said wick tube. The

plate D is made with an angular projection, F, on its lower edge, asshown in Fig. 3, to facilitate the placing of the said plate upon thewick-tube.

' Upon the lower corners of the body of the 0 plate D are formedpivot-points G, which pass through holes in the downwardly projectingarms I of the plate H, so as to hinge the said plate H to the said plateD.

Upon the lower ends of the downwardly- 5 projecting arms I are formedarms J, which project forward and are bent inward and then forward, andto their ends is attached a weight,

K, of sufficient gravity to swing the plate H over the upper end of thewick-tube 0, when the said plate is left free.

Upon the rear corners of the lower ends of the arms I are formed pointsL, which projectinward beneath outwardly-projecting lugs M, formcd'uponthe lower corners of the plate D. The pivot-holes in the arms I areelongated vertically, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. With this construction,when the plate H is over the upper end of the wick tube G, as shown inFig. 1, and the wick is raised by turning the button N, the first effectis to raise the plate H vertically until the points Lcome in contactwith the lugs M, which stops the upward movement of the said plate H,and causes the continued upward movement of the wick to swing the saidplate H to the rearward, uncovering the upper end of the wicktube, andallowing the wick to pass the edge of the plate H, as shown in Fig. 2,the arms I being made of such a length that when the plate H is pushedback its forward edge will be upon the edge of the rear side of thewicktube 0, so that the flame, when the wick is lighted, will not beaffected by the said plate H. When the wick is turned down, the gravityof the weightK will swing the plate H forward over the upper end of thewick-tube O, and the flame will be instantly extinguished.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- I In an extinguisher for lamps, thecombination, with the supporting-plate D and the loosely jonrnaled ormounted plate H, having downwardly and forwardly projecting arms I J,and provided with a weight, K, of the points L, formed upon thedownwardly-projecting arms of the looselyjournaled or mounted plate H,and the lugs M, formed upon the lower edge of the supporting plate D,substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said hingedplate, when raised, by the upward movement of the wick will be swung tothe rearward, as set forth.

JACOB PHILIPPI.

Witnesses:

J AMEs T. GRAHAM, G. SEnewIoK.

